How to remove ^M from a file

Tii has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Greetings, Monks...

Please forgive me for asking a redundant question, but before posting this, I searched for the answer to no avail:

How can I replace the ^M found in a file (usually after it has been ftp'ed in binary format instead of ascii)?

Even better, is there a way to delete the lines that contain only ^M?

Thanks,
Tii

PS: I remember that this question was asked before and the answer was something that could be done on the command line.

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Re: How to remove ^M from a file by Russ (Deacon) on Aug 01, 2000 at 20:46 UTC
Check out Remove the ^M Character from a Document Russ Brainbench 'Most Valuable Professional' for Perl	[reply]
RE: How to remove ^M from a file by DrManhattan (Chaplain) on Aug 01, 2000 at 21:53 UTC
perl -pi -e 's/\r//g' filename -Matt	[reply]
RE: How to remove ^M from a file (dos2unix) by ybiC (Prior) on Aug 01, 2000 at 22:17 UTC
A not-at-all perlish method would be some variation of the nix command dos2unix. A slightly-more-perlish approach might be the Power Ptools equivelent nlcvt*. cheers, ybiC	[reply]
Re: How to remove ^M from a file by Tii (Monk) on Aug 01, 2000 at 22:40 UTC
Thanks to everyone for the help! Tii	[reply]
Re: How to remove ^M from a file by Buckaroo Buddha (Scribe) on Aug 02, 2000 at 19:26 UTC
sorry for the -- but it's my opinion that if you know that a question has been asked before then it is more polite to either search for that question yourself or ask for help finding the link to that question in the chatterbox maybe it was wrong of me to do it, but that's the reasoning for it if you disagree you can -- me back :) Update: on the other hand a 'thank you' post is perfectly acceptable!! (++ ;)	[reply]